[1980 Cresta Craft.]

Drain for the underfloor section

[Alternator upgrade for Yanmar 3GM30]

Graham Polley from Hamilton , he does smart regulators and alternator upgrades, very knowledgeable and reasonable prices, google , smart regulator nz

[Battery selection]

Just replaced my endurant FLA start battery, it was 11 years old, no brainer, replaced with another endurant, 

[Boat Music & Setup]

I use a Pioneer head unit and jvc 6x9s in saloon, + 2   7” fusions in the cockpit, more than enough for me 90% of the time, never gets maxed out unless ive been drinking to much, fusions in the cockpit lockers put out great base.

[Police need your help]

Been out and about a lot in the last few weeks, including Kawau for 6 nights, haven’t sited any police vessels, it would be very hard for them to ascertain wether you were out all night anyway 

[Whats the best easiest cut and polish process these days?]

I have a white paint finish, and used Maguires marine and RV 50, put it on and polished off  by hand, great shine , might not be enough if paint is badly oxidised though 

[Ross 830 - Advice]

I have a finn with unstayed carbon mast, sheeting on hard with light wind on sail it inverts, ease the sheet and its good, so suggest not using so much backstay unless.its really blowing, otherwise sail luff may need to be recut to suit mast bend, 

[Order of hull repair?]

Unthickened epoxy first coat,when still tacky apply epoxy filler then glass over

[Proper butyl bedding tape supplier....?]

Hi IT, I will take a roll please

[Tablets for navigation vs fixed chart plotters laptops]

Have Navionics on an I pad, but issue is keeping it charged if screen is active all the time, preferably I use my Garmin 750s with the blue charts which is mounted on the helm pedestal, easy to see in sunlight but touch screen operation is a bit random when it is wet

[Altex #5 extra coats]

#5 works very well for me , in HMB marina, usually good for 2 years, if you don’t clean it to much , 2 coats rolled on with a little thinners if it’s a hot day

[New Hull cleaning regs for Auckland - more costs....]

Fan worm has gone from my berth in HMB, lots of fresh water runoff into marina here as well

[More lockdown sailing reading]

I think his last voyage to the ice was in a ferro  yacht, fitted with a steel pipe for a mast, didn’t make it far before mast came adrift from the base, Sir Peter Blake donated the mast if my memory is correct, a very intrepid sailor

[Yanmar 3YM30 - Still need a High Rise exhaust mixing elbow?]

You can keep the original first section of exhaust, just replace the elbow and nipple, as it is the only part that has saltwater passing through it

[Half moon bay marina]

Thanks Boat works, I like to check weekly as well, it’s been 2 weeks now so I will head in there

[Half moon bay marina]

Question for owners of boats at HMB, any body been to check their boat and how is access to marina, 

[Searching for this block and cleat]

Harken should have something suitable, Fosters are the agent in Auckland

[Stepping Out, Spencer Saraband, 2389]

I’m keen on fitting a diesel heater as well, but will  I still have interior condensation issues, ply cabin and deck with no head lining, if it doesn’t remedy  that I might put up with being a bit cool and just wipe up with a towel in the mornings

[SSB - would you bother??!!]

Just removed a kenwood ssb, don’t use it at all , I’m only a local coastal cruiser, thing weighed a lot and being mounted in the switch panel, made removing the switch panel a bit of a chore, also want to change the back stay to dyneema soon,

[Your Glamour Photos]

SSANZ Start line 2019

[35 Footers]

Nothing wrong with a custom build, our 1991 lidgard 35 is strip plank cedar epoxy, built tough, sails well on all points of sail, 360 litres water 200 diesel, roomy interior,  open transom wheel steer, also motors well with a 3ym30 Yanmar, fits a 35 ft berth in HMB, there are a lot of good boats that aren’t glass production jobs, also no osmosis worries

[Yamaha 2CMH O/ b gaskets]

Head and barrel is one piece from memory

[Anchoring - tips and tricks?]

Anchor wouldn’t set in chamberlains bay one time, retrieved it to try again, found the point embedded in half a beer bottle ha ha,

[Anchoring - tips and tricks?]

We use a Manson supreme, great anchor, always back up and dig it in, we have 30 mtrs of 8mm chain and 14mm warp, I always put out all the chain, and adjust amount of warp depending on depth and wind,it’s surprising the amount of boats that drop some chain over then turn motor off with out setting the anchor, if they are close to me and it’s a bit breezy I will move

[Winter weekends - tell us your Friday night to Sunday night route]

I’m semi retired so don’t need to leave in the evening, so mid morning,  depart Half moon bay, SW wind, Nice sail to Ponui, Chamberlins Bay, usually nice and smooth for a good nights sleep, if it’s still SW for the trip home, turn on the motor, easy 3 hr trip back to marina, if we are only going out for one  night we sometimes just go to Izzy Bay, good in any wind except SE, and usually smooth once the Waiheke Ferries stop running